- scorch
- v1. char, toast, brown, tan, blacken; blister, sunburn.2. parch, sear, bake, roast, torrefy, scald, wither, shrivel; heat, singe, burn.3. excoriate, scathe, denounce, condemn; scarify, flay, lacerate, lash, cut to ribbons, cut up, attack; deride, mock, ridicule; criticize, Inf. knock, Sl. rap, Sl. slam, rake over the coals, Inf. blast, Sl. let [s.o.] have it; castigate, censure.4.(of crops, towns, land) burn down, set the match to, devastate, raze, destroy, ruin.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.